Your NDIS plan is built around three broad support categories, and understanding the difference makes it much easier to see what your funding can actually be used for.
Core Supports
Core Supports help with everyday activities — things like personal care, consumables, transport and some community participation. Core Supports funding is generally the most flexible category, though not every sub-category can be moved freely between one another.
Capacity Building
Capacity Building supports are about building skills and independence over time, rather than just meeting an immediate need. This is where most allied health and nursing services sit — typically under Improved Daily Living or Improved Health and Wellbeing. Unlike Core Supports, Capacity Building funding generally can't be moved between its own sub-categories, so it's worth understanding what's been allocated for which purpose.
Capital Supports
Capital Supports cover higher-cost items like assistive technology, equipment and home modifications — things that usually need a specific quote or assessment before funding is approved.
Where do Dietetics, Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology, Nursing and Occupational Therapy fit?
Most commonly, these sit under Capacity Building's Improved Daily Living or Improved Health and Wellbeing categories, and in some circumstances under Core Supports. Exactly which category applies depends on your individual plan and goals — our intake team will always confirm this with you before your first session, so there are no surprises.
Still not sure what your plan covers?
That's completely normal — NDIS plans can be dense reading. Our Funding Guide walks through each pathway in plain English, or you can just get in touch and we'll talk it through with you.